Top 25 teams move on after day 1 of River Monsters tourney (with photo gallery)

The Bill Dance Mississippi River Monsters Mega Buc$ Pro Series catfish tournament’s day one is in the books and 25 teams have advanced to day two.

The top 25 teams will vie for a $100,000 grand prize Sunday, with teams placing in second through tenth places splitting the remaining $100,000 purse.

An official top 25 list has not yet been released, pending polygraph tests.

Team totals came from the combined weights of up to three submitted catfish.

The last unofficial top ten included: No. 1, Carl Morris and Rob Parsons with a total weight of 146.37 lbs; No. 2, Team Indy with a total weight of 128.10 lbs; No. 3, Nick and Jack Dimino with a total weight of 126.80 lbs; No. 4, Team Cat Baby with a total weight of 121.12 lbs; No. 5, Benningfield/Eiselt with a total weight of 117.52 lbs; No. 6, Chris DeBow and Vic Shepherd with a total weight of 98.61 lbs; No. 7, Team Dewitt with a total weight of 98.24 lbs; No. 8, Chris Peyton with a total weight of 97.09 lbs; No. 9, Charles Lapiant with a total weight of 96.07 lbs; No. 10, Jason Masingale with a total weight of 83.19 lbs.

This story will be updated once the official information becomes available.

*Editor’s note: Photographs included in the gallery are not necessarily teams placing in the top 25.